Something imagined to be an extraordinary discovery but proving to be a delusion or a hoax: The announced cure for the disease was merely another mare's-nest. 2. an extremely confused, entangled, or disordered place, situation, etc.: We just moved in, and the place is a mare's-nest.
mare's nest NOUN 1A complex or confused situation; a muddle: your desk’s usually a mare’s nest illusory discovery: the mare’s nest of perfect safety Origin late 16th century: formerly in the phrase to have found a mare's nest, meaning 'to have discovered something amazing' (i.e. something that does not exist).
mare's nest NOUN 1A complex or confused situation; a muddle: your desk’s usually a mare’s nest illusory discovery: the mare’s nest of perfect safety Origin late 16th century: formerly in the phrase to have found a mare's nest, meaning 'to have discovered something amazing' (i.e. something that does not exist).
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